The Brake lot is offered for sale on the Colliers site but I don't know if that means the Formwerks proposal is dead or not.

I think two separate proposals is keeping in scale with Chinatown/Old Town projects compared with the larger building a lot consolidation would produce. I'm encouraging the developers to cooperate in the area of shared parking.

^ I can see an issue if there is opposition to the building on the brake lot not being allowed to build right up against the old buildings on Government Street. I mean the brake lot building would have to be allowed zero lot linesetbacks or basically they would be crushed from two ends.

The Brake lot is offered for sale on the Colliers site but I don't know if that means the Formwerks proposal is dead or not.

I just walked past this site about a half hour ago and the Colliers "For Sale" sign is still leaning against the "7-Up" building with a sold sticker on it, as it has been for several months (since before the Formwerks proposal came to light if I recall correctly). Could the Colliers website be out of date or has the lot really gone back on the market?

I wonder what will be done to insure those north facing, exposed concrete pillars won't get covered in mildew in 5 to 10 years? (or is that something other than concrete?) Architects always seem to leave this aspect of the design out of their flashy renderings. If you're designing a building with untreated exposed concrete, you're designing a building which will soon be covered in mildew! At least adjust the rendering accordingly so that we can see what we will really be getting.

I wonder what will be done to insure those north facing, exposed concrete pillars won't get covered in mildew in 5 to 10 years? (or is that something other than concrete?) Architects always seem to leave this aspect of the design out of their flashy renderings. If you're designing a building with untreated exposed concrete, you're designing a building which will soon be covered in mildew! At least adjust the rendering accordingly so that we can see what we will really be getting.

The Gardenworks building on Oak Bay and Foul Bay has some kind of clear coat of protector on it.(the one g-man posted.) I bet it'll be the same thing.